1976–77 Mansfield Town F.C. season

April 2022 Mansfield Town 1976–77 Peter Morris Field Mill Third Division 1st FA Cup Second Round League Cup Fifth Round 1975–76 1977–78 The 1976–77 season was Mansfield Town's 40th season in the Football League and 13th in the Third Division, they finished in 1st position with 64 points gaining their first promotion to the second tier. Final league table 1976–77 Football League#Third Division Third Division y MAN Results Football League Third Division 1976–77 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers121 August 1976Preston North EndH3–15,688McCaffrey, Eccles (2)228 August 1976Rotherham UnitedA0–35,35834 September 1976Grimsby TownH3–05,221Eccles (3)47 September 1976Oxford UnitedA3–04,017Eccles, Foster, Randall511 September 1976York CityA1–02,716Eccles618 September 1976Tranmere RoversH1–16,859Randall725 September 1976Crystal PalaceA0–214,76082 October 1976BuryH5–06,519Matthews, Miller (2), Randall (2)99 October 1976Peterborough UnitedA1–27,031McCaffrey1016 October 1976ChesterA0–14,2521123 October 1976Brighton & Hove AlbionH1–17,231Foster1230 October 1976Sheffield WednesdayA2–015,982Miller, Matthews132 November 1976Shrewsbury TownA0–06,161146 November 1976Lincoln CityH3–18,232Jim McCaffrey, Hodgson, Hubbard (o.g.)158 November 1976ReadingH4–07,636Randall (4)1613 November 1976GillinghamA1–35,457Hodgson1727 November 1976Swindon TownH1–16,683Hodgson1818 December 1976WrexhamH2–05,399Hodgson, Miller1927 December 1976ChesterfieldA1–011,826Randall2028 December 1976Port ValeH2–17,977Randall, Moss2111 January 1977Sheffield WednesdayH1–013,761Moss2218 January 1977PortsmouthA2–210,720Moss, Miller2322 January 1977Preston North EndA2–111,110Moss, Foster245 February 1977Rotherham UnitedH3–111,527Moss, Randall, Morris257 February 1977Oxford UnitedH3–08,207Moss (2), Bird2612 February 1977Grimsby TownA1–05,536Foster2715 February 1977Lincoln CityA2–39,588Bird, McEwan2819 February 1977York CityH4–17,576Randall (2), Bird, Morris2928 February 1977WalsallH3–08,026Bird, Morris, Robinson (o.g.)305 March 1977Crystal PalaceH1–010,944Foster318 March 1977Northampton TownH1–07,238Randall3212 March 1977BuryA0–25,3213319 March 1977Peterborough UnitedH1–17,692Cooke3421 March 1977Tranmere RoversA0–42,1213526 March 1977ChesterH1–16,976Moss362 April 1977Brighton & Hove AlbionA1–323,034Moss379 April 1977Port ValeH4–14,389Bird (2), Foster, Randall3811 April 1977ChesterfieldH2–111,905Bird, Moss3912 April 1977Shrewsbury TownH1–09,840Bird, McEwan4016 April 1977ReadingA0–15,1214119 April 1977WalsallA2–17,001Moss, Hynd (o.g.)4223 April 1977GillinghamH2–28,191Randall, Foster4330 April 1977Swindon TownA1–06,015Foster442 May 1977PortsmouthH2–010,744Foster, Randall457 May 1977Northampton TownH3–011,314McEwan, Bird, Moss4614 May 1977WrexhamA1–020,754Moss FA Cup 1976–77 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR120 November 1976Huddersfield TownA0–09,025R1 Replay22 November 1976Huddersfield TownH2–19,036Randall, EcclesR215 December 1976Matlock TownA2–58,181Foster, Matthews League Cup 1976–77 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR1 1st leg14 August 1976Scunthorpe UnitedH2–05,224McCaffrey, EcclesR1 2nd leg17 August 1976Scunthorpe UnitedA0–23,164R1 Replay24 August 1976Scunthorpe UnitedA1–24,319McCaffrey Squad statistics Squad list sourced from Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Rod Arnold4603030520DFENG Kevin Bird37(1)8003040(1)8DFENG Barry Foster3901030430DFENG Colin Foster44931004710DFENG Ian MacKenzie2803030340DFSCO Sandy Pate1400030170DFENG Mick Saxby1000000100DFENG Ian Wood13(1)0200015(2)0MFENG Gordon Hodgson4643030524MFENG Micky Laverick00002020MFENG Paul Matthews17(1)2110018(1)3MFENG Jim McCaffrey16(2)3303222(2)5MFENG Ian McDonald15(7)0200017(7)0MFSCO Billy McEwan2330000233MFENG Peter Morris3233030383FWENG Robbie Cooke3(6)110004(6)1FWENG Terry Eccles1072131159FWENG Johnny Miller4053030465FWENG Ernie Moss291300002913FWENG Kevin Randall441731104818–Own goals–3–0–0–3 References General Mansfield Town 1976–77 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season) Specific Category:Mansfield Town F.C. seasons Mansfield Town